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Research published in eNeuro identifies cells in the brains of male rats that appear to control future food intake by preserving memories of past meals, lending support to the idea of boosting meal memories as a strategy for managing overeating.

New research published in JNeurosci broadens our understanding of a common learning disability to include alterations in lower as well as higher brain structures.

Reporting their results in JNeurosci, researchers observed grey matter volume differences in teenagers who reported using recreational marijuana just once or twice.

Interfering with the production of newborn neurons in the hippocampus may help to mitigate stroke-induced memory impairments, suggests new research published in JNeurosci.

A mouse study published in JNeurosci shows how abnormal brain development and maternal stress may interact to produce schizophrenia, bipolar, and depressive disorders.

Neuroimaging data obtained from a small group of smokers predicts the influence of a large anti-smoking media campaign targeting likely smokers, shows a new study published in JNeurosci.

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The relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and brain anatomy is mostly stable from childhood to early adulthood, according to a longitudinal neuroimaging study of more than 600 healthy young people published in JNeurosci.

Published in JNeurosci, a comprehensive study of monkeys given the breast cancer drug Letrozole reveals side effects that impact the brain.